Radiation and health
We work to strengthen radiation protection of the public, patients and workers worldwide. We provide Member States with evidence-based guidance, tools and technical advice on public health issues related to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

Medical radiation exposure

Publications

Enhancing radiation safety culture in health care: guidance for health care providers

Radiation safety culture in health care encompasses every action taken to improve the protection and safety of patients and personnel involved in medical...

WHO guidelines on the use of chest imaging in COVID-19 

This second edition reviews the scientific knowledge and updates and supersedes the first edition. It includes a new research question addressing the use...

Ethics and medical radiological imaging: a policy brief for health-care providers

Ethics is an essential component of radiation protection in medicine, but this has not always been recognized by the various stakeholders involved....

Use of chest imaging in COVID-19: a rapid advice guide, 11 June 2020

This rapid advice guide examines the evidence and makes recommendations for the use of chest imaging in acute care of adult patients with suspected, probable...

Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging: information to support healthcare discussions about benefit and risk: executive summary

Patients and families need to have access to risk-benefit discussions about health care interventions when, where, and in the way they need to best understand...

quality-systems-for-medical-imaging

No medical imaging service can produce high quality work unless it is properly managed. Quality management implies good organization and discipline, with...

The role of medical imaging is recognized universally when considering the provision of high quality and safe healthcare. For a diagnostic imaging procedure...

This expert meeting was held as part of an ongoing WHO project on justification of imaging asymptomatic people for individual health assessment (IHA)....

This seminar aims to discuss elements/requirements to be included in such a framework of good governance of IHA practices.

The purpose of this workshop is consistent with the objectives of the WHO Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in Healthcare Settings, will contribute...

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